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Pixelated pink text on black background reads 'it's like 1 step forward and 2 steps back' with plus symbols at corners, repeated in two identical

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Pixelated pink text on black background reads 'it's like 1 step forward and 2 steps back' with plus symbols at corners, repeated in two identical

Pixelated pink text on black background reads 'it's like 1 step forward and 2 steps back' with plus symbols at corners, repeated in two identical. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy ico…

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Style

  • text-based icon

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  • +it's like+
  • 1 step
  • forward
  • and 2
  • steps back+

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20090412165602347720126
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:56 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
1.6 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/f5/f57b45309dce05e86867780ecb9a4d4119eaa1561642d1899e2de16699ae3c7f.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
f57b45309dce05e8
SHA-256
f57b45309dce05e86867780ecb9a4d4119eaa1561642d1899e2de16699ae3c7f
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Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016) (internet-archive-franksicons-shared-2007-2016)

Kind
local-directory
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Type
Internet Archive tar preservation of the FranksIcons shared buddy-icon store
Title
20090412165602347720126
Archive entry
20090412165602347720126.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:56 UTC
Rights
mixed anonymous, fan, commercial, and copyrighted imagery; research/reference only by default
Slice
large cross-sectional user-shared AIM buddy-icon collection spanning personal identity, fandom, music, humor, relationships, moods, holidays, and internet culture

Original: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20090412165602347720126.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20090412165602347720126.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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